These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.
… or how blurry the image is (SD vs HD).
You mean 4k vs HD, right?
Radio vs TV for Boomers
B&W vs Color for Gen X
SD vs HD would be Millenials
4K vs HD for Zoomers
I’m late gen X so that doesn’t fly.
And I’m late boomer, so I’m b&w to color.
I’m a millennial and I can’t really tell the difference between SD and HD. Do you mean like when YouTube switches to 360p instead of 1080?
Just FYI. Ultra HD is 4k Full HD is 1080p (2k) HD is720p (1k) SD is 480p
I recall some people calling 1440p 2K and it really grinds my gears
That’s a big problem for stuff that was originally shot on video. Old stuff shot on film can look pretty good when digitized.
But then you also have that very specific window of time when a lot of stuff especially SFX was done on video that can’t be upscaled. Babylon 5 fans weep.
When I was a kid I used to think black and white meant the TV show or whatever used to be in color but since it got old it turned black and white. My thought process was they changed color just like old people’s hair turns grey… This was 35 years ago before internet.
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No, that was just for effect. Notice that all the scenes playing in Kansas are B&W (even the ones at the end), and all of Oz was in Color. It gave the place an extra kind of quality above the B&W pictures they were used to. I have heard that people in the cinemas gasped in surprise when the switch happened.
Yeah but it’s more complicated than that. They colorized a lot of movies after the fact, the colors were always extremely bright, kinda like when people would color their hair extremely bright. On the contrary I’m not very bright
Even early 16:9 stuff looks pretty dated now if it hasn’t been remastered to 1080/4k.
The real differentiator is pacing and editing.
Especially in action scenes. I used to watch Hawaii five O the 2010 version and sometimes a chanal showed the old version with the same name, the are so incredibly different in pacing and the amount of violence. I really liked the old one in that regard, much less shooting and blood.
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That’s such a trip. Only a 6 year difference between the two of you, yet you experienced the dawn of something and they didn’t, and it shapes both of your perspectives so much.
Even though it technically applies to transistors, Moore’s Law has been a good barometer for the increase of complexity and capabilities of technology in general. And now because of your comment I’m kinda thinking that since the applicability of that law seems to be nearing its end, it’s either tech will stagnate in the next decade (possible, but I think unlikely), or we may be due for another leapfrog into a higher level of sophistication (more likely).
Retaliate! Hand them a rotary phone and ask them to order a pizza.
Bonus: If they actually managed to phone someone, ask them to send an SMS with it next ;-)
There are places you can still call for delivery.
Can’t send a text with a landline though.
Can’t send a text with a landline though.
Of course, that was the joke ;-) Does not hurt to watch them trying to figure this out.
Re-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer with my kids in new hi-def, and you can clearly and easily see the stunt doubles now, and the SFX look really dated now that you can see them clearly.
It’s amazing what old CRTs would let you get away with.
It’s not so much what they got away with but working with the tools they had. It is the same for pixel art in the early gen consoles.
The SFX was the limitations of tools they had, (and budget) but there were a lot of aspects of set design and stunt doubles where they could get away with more on a TV show in SD compared to a movie that was on film. When HDTV started, even news shows were forced to drastically improve the quality of the set pieces and makeup because small details could now be seen.
It’s not so back and white anymore, is it
Also the quality of the show go watch old Thomas the Tank Engine and compare it to the new one
I identified them by awkward haircuts and clothing styles. I knew something was off / wrong, but it wasn’t until adulthood that I was able to piece it together.
I have a relative who says their children won’t watch 2D animated features because they are old
They still make 2D cartoons
I think the distinction might be film versus series. Most movies are that bubbly CGI look but the streaming shows are mostly still 2D.
Can always tell when a show is 4:3 aspect. Recently I’ve noticed some modern TV shows adopting the theater aspects of flat (1.85:1) or scope (2.4:1) which I think is pretty cool. The last episode of Strange New Worlds I watched was in scope, that’s some high end filming.
SNW is really top tier production quality across the board. The camera work, the sound, music, design, everything is goddamned impeccable, and that extends to the post production. So much thought goes into every part of it, and I really have to give Paramount its kudos for enabling that level of attention to detail in all aspects of the franchise right now. If I told a fellow Trekkie in the 90s that we would ever see the day, they would laugh.
Asteroid City switched between aspect ratios as well as switching between black&white as they swapped between the TV story and the ‘real’/cinema story.
would you recommend the film? it’s been quite under discussed for a Wes Anderson film…
Even for fans of his films, you have to be prepared for the weirdness to be dialled up to 11 in this one. It’s the cinema equivalent of “I’m so meta, even this acronym”.
Any of his others would be an easier and maybe more satisfying watch. It’s a nice enough story of course, with the usual silly and neurotic characters and bizarre beautiful sets - just don’t be surprised when people come out of the cinema looking confused.
